This pioneer study goes well beyond the subject of linguistics to encompass economic, sociological, political, and educational approaches to language change. In

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully select

This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic

An examination of how an individual's native language can affect their lifestyle. Topics covered range from maintenance of the mother-tongue and second language

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